- The gunman who killed two and wounded five others at a Tallahassee yoga studio before killing himself Friday night had an extensive history of spreading hate messages about women and minorities online.
- After 40-year-old Scott Paul Beierle was identified Saturday, multiple reports found police records of arrests for groping women and videos where Beierle antagonized immigrants and women.
- Beierle also seemed to identify himself as an "incel," or someone who is "involuntarily celibate."
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The Tallahassee yoga shooting suspect had an extensive history of spreading hate online against women and minorities
Tallahassee police identified 40-year-old Scott Paul Beierle as the gunman who killed two at a yoga studio on Friday, before killing himself.
The gunman who killed two and wounded five at a Tallahassee yoga studio before killing himself Friday night had an extensive history of spreading hate messages about women and minorities online.
After Tallahassee Police identified 40-year-old Scott Paul Beierle as the gunman on Saturday, multiple reports found police records of arrests for groping women and social media posts where Beierle described graphic acts of violence against women and his baseless fears about illegal immigration and interracial relationships.
Beierle's YouTube channel appears to have been removed from the site as of Saturday afternoon.
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Beierle was arrested in 2012 and 2016 for groping women's buttocks without their consent, though charges were eventually dropped, The Tallahassee Democrat reported.
Authorities were reportedly searching the Deltona hotel room where Beierle was living and had obtained search warrants for electronic devices and social media Saturday afternoon. Police told reporters
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